Look for them to encourage the Obama Justice Department to slow-walk or block redistricting plans submitted to it by the 14 states covered in whole or in part by the Voting Rights Act. This law requires those states to "preclear" their new maps with either the Justice Department or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. ❋ John Fund (2010)
By requiring certain state and local governments to "preclear" changes in election procedures, Section 5 aimed to stop that practice. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Section 5 requires authorities to "preclear" changes in election procedures to ensure that minority voters are protected. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Most jurisdictions submit voting changes to the DOJ which has sixty days to review and decide either that a given change is not discriminatory and approve or "preclear" it or that the change is discriminatory and disapprove or "object to" it. ❋ Unknown (2002)
Under Section 5 of the Act, certain states and local governments with a history of discrimination must "preclear" with the Department of Justice or with a federal court any changes to their election laws or procedures. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Similarly, Section 5 of the VRA requires voting districts who have historically engaged in discrimination to "preclear" any new voting rules with a federal court or the Department of Justice. ❋ Ian M. (2009)
"The PC "preclear," a beginning Scientologist was on Mars without a body 469,476,600 years ago, creating havoc, destroying a bridge and buildings. ❋ Fr Timothy Matkin (2005)
Before renewing the Act, Congress held 21 hearings, interviewed more than 90 witnesses, and found that jurisdictions required to preclear had engaged in thousands of discriminatory electoral practices between 1982 and 2006. ❋ David Gans (2011)
Similarly, Section 5 of the VRA requires voting districts who have historically engaged in discrimination to “preclear” any new voting rules with a federal court or the Department of Justice. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The State of Texas filed suit in D.C., trying to "preclear" its maps as required by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. ❋ Lou Dubose (2012)
(A “pc” is a “preclear,” explains Seattle Scientology Reverend Ann Pearce, “a spiritual being who is now on the road to becoming clear.”) ❋ Unknown (2008)
Canada's big airports let U.S. border-control agents preclear passengers to the U.S. ❋ Phred Dvorak (2010)
There is no discernable pattern of voter fraud, intimidation, obstruction, or denial of franchise in states that are required to preclear versus states not required to do that. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Going into this case, the common wisdom was that there was no easy way out for the Court: It would have to rule that Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act -- which requires the South and other covered areas to preclear with the federal government changes in state or local law that might affect voting -- was either still necessary and therefore constitutional, or not. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In Scientology's "auditing," the claim is that the Hubbard Electropsychometer (E-Meter) can assess the reactive mind of the preclear by passing a small amount of voltage through a pair of tin-plated tubes that look like empty soup cans which are wired to the E-Meter and held by the preclear. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Those missing days probably flew by while the preclear? ❋ Ben Barren (2005)
• Contact DOJ if the redistricting plan passed by your legislature or local jurisdiction is fair to minority voters and the jurisdiction is covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. If you live in a Section 5 jurisdiction, and you believe that the new redistricting plan is fair to minority voters, you can contact the Department of Justice to explain why the Attorney General should preclear the new plan. ❋ Unknown (2000)
